COMMENTARIES
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US and the Asia-Pacific
Rebalance Under Threat?
Vivek Mishra · 20 Mar, 2014 · #4347 · Commentary
The limitations of the US involvement in the Asian security construct have been manifesting themselves often recently – particularly since the 2001 EP-3 incident – and with increasing frequency with the rise in China’s maritime...
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Nuclear Security Summit 2014: India’s Record
Sitakanta Mishra · 20 Mar, 2014 · #4346 · Commentary
Professor Chari’s assertion on India’s participation and ‘results of its engagement’ with the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) as ‘mixed’ is moot (Mixed Records, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 18...
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Nuclear Security Summit 2014: Pakistan’s Role
Rabia Akhtar · 20 Mar, 2014 · #4345 · Commentary
Leaders taking part in the third Nuclear Security Summit (24-25 March 2014) in The Hague, Netherlands seek to reiterate their national commitments to secure existing nuclear materials in their territories and foster international cooperation in ...
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Pivot and Rebalance in the Asia Pacific
The South China Sea Dispute: US’ Dilemma and India's Options
Abanti Bhattacharya · 19 Mar, 2014 · #4344 · Commentary
The South-China Sea dispute is axiomatic of the brewing great power rivalry between the US and China, raising serious questions about the viability of the US hub and spokes model governing East Asian relations. Notably, the hub and spokes liberal ...
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Dhaka Discourse
East Meets West: Bangladesh and the BIMSTEC Summit
Delwar Hossain · 17 Mar, 2014 · #4343 · Commentary · Column
The third Summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), held in Myanmar's capital Naypyidaw from 3-4 March ended with the call to achieve collective prosperity for the region. BIMSTEC...
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Dateline Kabul
Afghan Elections 2014: What to Expect?
Mariam Safi · 17 Mar, 2014 · #4342 · Commentary
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, in his final speech to the Wolesi Jirga (Parliament) on 15 March 2014, took a strong stance warning foreign countries against interfering in the upcoming presidential elections, asserting that local electoral bodie...
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Red Affairs
Combating Naxal Violence: Transient and Permanent Success
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 17 Mar, 2014 · #4341 · Commentary · Column
Would the Maoists continue to carry out intermittent attacks targetting the state in the foreseeable future? Or would they eventually disintegrate and disappear owing to a leadership crisis because the state has been able to neutralise some of t...
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Dateline Islamabad
Afghanistan and Pakistan: Consequences of the American Exit
Salma Malik · 17 Mar, 2014 · #4340 · Commentary · Column
The announcement of a drawdown timeline for US troops from Afghanistan predictably garnered mixed reactions. However, most of the issues that brought the US-led ISAF to the region still remain unresolved. Where on one hand Osama bin Laden’...
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South Asian Dialectic
India and Nuclear Terrorism: Meeting the Threat
PR Chari · 17 Mar, 2014 · #4339 · Commentary · Column
Nuclear Terrorism: Is the threat exaggerated?
To play the devil’s advocate, it is not easy for unauthorised persons to acquire nuclear weapons or nuclear materials. Being crown jewels, they would be closely guarded by trusted cohorts...
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Strategic Space
Nuclear Security Summit 2014: Shared Risk, Shared Responsibility
Manpreet Sethi · 17 Mar, 2014 · #4338 · Commentary · Column
In just a few days, heads of governments of about four dozen nations will assemble in the Hague, Netherlands, for the third Nuclear Security Summit. An initiative started by President Obama in 2010 in Washington, the Summit travelled to Seoul in...
